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-# Data used for proof of concept
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-This directory contains a variety of metadata used in the construction of the [Orangeboard](https://github.com/dkoslicki/NCATS/blob/master/code/reasoningtool/Orangeboard.py) 
-and the answering of POC questions [1](https://github.com/dkoslicki/NCATS/blob/master/code/reasoningtool/Q1Solution.py) and 
-[2](https://github.com/dkoslicki/NCATS/blob/master/code/reasoningtool/Q2Solution.py) (such as lists of [diseases](https://github.com/dkoslicki/NCATS/blob/master/data/q1/Genetic_conditions_from_OMIM.txt) 
-and [drug-disease pairs](https://github.com/dkoslicki/NCATS/blob/master/data/q2/q2-drugandcondition-list-mapped.txt)).
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